Fabric ornamentation



Dec. 3U, E924- L52L363 L. FLICK FABRI C ORNAMENTATION Filed Feb. 27, 1924 A TTORNE Y.

Patented Dec. 30, 1924.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFFlcE.

LORENZ FLICK, OF PROVIDENCE, RHO'DE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO SAYLES FINISHING PLANTS, INC., 0F SAYLESVILLE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION 0F RHODE ISLAND.

FABRIC ORNAMENTATION.

Application led February 27, 1924. Serial No. 695,521.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LORENZ FLICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in Fabric Ornamentations, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to the ornamentation of fabric, and more particularly to a fabric ornamented by contrasting designs formed of flock.

Heretofore fabrics have been ornamented by applying flock to different portions thereof, and in some cases the design has been produced by printing an adhesive upon a fabric such as paper or cloth where the flock design is to appear, and then a layer of iiock has been applied to the fabric while the adhesive is still wet so that the flock will stick to the fabric where the adhesive has been placed but will not adhere to the rest of the fabric. In other cases, instead of applying a layer of flock to the fabric,

the flock has been ap-plied to the face of a roll the surface of which is etched or engraved with a pattern corresponding to the pattern of the roll which prints the adhesive design upon the fabric, and the flock having thev design of its roll is then placed upon the adhesive design onl the fabric and is'secured to the fabric by the adhesive. i

In yornamenting fabric heretofore by printing or otherwise applying flock to the fabric to form patterns, the patterns or designs have been as elaborate as desired and have been reproduced over different portions of the fabric by repeating the design, and as a result there has been a sameness in the pattern effect over .the entire fabric. n

It is found that a new and pleasing result may be produced by providing the fabric to be ornamented with contrasting designs each. formed of flock but one of which has its various parts formed by a heavy deposit of flock so that the entire design stands out boldy, while the other design is formed by a thin narrow deposit which produces a faint design in marked contrast to the adjacent bold design formed by the heavy deposit.

The present invention therefore resides in a fabric such as thin cloth ornainented by contrasting designs formed of flock at intervals over the fabric and one of which is formed of a heavy deposit of flock and stands out boldly while the contrasting design is formed by a thin narrow deposit of flock and is in faint outline.

The contrasting designs of the present invention, though capable of various applications, give a particularly pleasing effect when applied to a thin woven material such as voile or other dress goods uniformly colored, and having the contrasting designs formed of White flock so that one design stands out boldly and the other adjacent lesign presents a faint but discernible outine.

The novel feature of the present invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing illustrating one embodiment thereof, wherein- Fig. l is a plan view of a piece of fabric provided with the contrasting flock designs of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional View taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing the portion of fabric 10 is shown as provided with the faint design A and with the contrastin bold design B, each formed of flock, and 1t will be understood that the designs A and B may appear at intervals over the entire fabric l0 and may be given any desired configuration.

In carrying out the present invention, adhesive in the form of thin narrow -lines is printed upon one face of the fabric 10 in conformity with the faint design A, and a substantial amount of adhesive in heavy lines is printed upon the fabric inl conformity with the bold" design B. The adhesive used in producing the faint design A is not suicient in quantity to penetrate through the fabric 10, while the substantial amount of adhesive used in forming the bold design B penetrates through the fabric and forms ya sticky outline on each face. Flock is then blown or otherwise presented to each face of the fabric l0 while the adhesive is Wet and it will adhere only to one face of the fabric where the adhesive of the design A is printed, since the adhesive does not penetrate through the fabric, but the flock will adhere to both faces of the fabric llU where the adhesive of the design B is printed, due to the penetration of the ad` hesive through the fabric.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the lines forming the design A are produced by a thin narrow deposit of flock applied only to the finished face of the fabric, as will be apparent from Fig. 2 wherein the deposit forming each sectioned line of the design is indicated by the numerals l to 7 inclusive. The design B in contrast to the design A is made up of heavy lines formed vof Hock secured to each face of the fabric as will be apparent from Fig. 3, wherein the flock deposits forming the portions of the design B out by the ysection line are indicated by the letters a to f inclusive. These deposits are of suiicient thickness to render themv opaque to light, while the deposits forming the desi A permit the passage of light to a limited extent, thus in pleasing effects are obtained flock, one design having all portions thereof formed of a heavy deposit of flock applied to each face of the fabric and forming a raised surface upon each face that standsA out boldly, and the other design being formed by a thin narrow deposit of ock upon only one face ofthe fabric and which Stands out faintly.

2. As an improved article of manufacture a sheet of relatively thin woven fabric ornamented by contrasting designs formed of flock, one design being foi'med of a heavy deposit of fiock upon each face of the fabric and applied in sufficient quantity to be opaque to light and stand out boldly, and v A the other design being formed of a thin narrow deposit upon only oneface of the fabric and which stands out faintly.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a sheet of relatively thinl woven fabric ornamented by separate contrasting designs formed of flock, one design ,being formed of -a heavy deposit of flock applied'in sufficient quantity to stand out boldly, and the other design being formed by a thin narrow deposit that stands out faintly.

4. As an improved article ofmanufacture, `a sheet of relatively thin woven fabric ornamented by contrasting designs formed of Hock, one design being formedto stand outk boldlyI by a heavy deposit of Hock upon each face of the fabric and secured to the opposite faces by adhesive that penetrates e i through the fabric from one face to bthe other, and the other design being formed'` l' of a thin narrow deposit of flock upon only one face of the fabric and secured to the fabric by a .thin narrow deposit of adhesive that does not penetrate through the fabric. In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

- LORENZ FLICK. 

